Error Pickling in Python: io.UnsupportedOperation: read

Question

I am trying to learn how to pickle and save an object in python. However, when I use the sample code below I get the following error: io.UnsupportedOperation: read which traces back to favorite_color = pickle.load(f_myfile). I cannot find a good explanation of this particular error. What am I doing wrong and how do I correct it?

import pickle  # or import cPickle as pickle  # Create dictionary, list, etc. favorite_color = { "lion": "yellow", "kitty": "red" }  # Write to file f_myfile = open('myfile.pickle', 'wb') pickle.dump(favorite_color, f_myfile) f_myfile.close()  # Read from file f_myfile = open('myfile.pickle', 'wb') favorite_color = pickle.load(f_myfile)  # variables come out in the order you put them in f_myfile.close() 

Answer 1

Change:

# Read from file  f_myfile = open('myfile.pickle', 'wb') 

to:

f_myfile = open('myfile.pickle', 'rb') 

and you can see the dict obj you've pickled.